The Portland daily press., 1887-06-07
THE FERRY LANDING.
The County Commissioners Lay Out
the Proposed Public Way.
They Award the Portland Pier Cor
poration si5, 1856 Damages.

In accordance with the law the County
Commissioners for Cumberland county filed
their report this morning, laying out the
public highway and ferry landing at Port
land Pier as required by law. The follow
ing is the full text of the report
Whereas, a petition of A. V. Cole and one
hundred and twenty-siX others was received
by the County Commissioners of CumDer-
land county on the eighth day of October,
A. d. 1885, representing that Public con-
yenience and necessity required the l0ca-
ton of a public highway in the city of Port
land commencing at point in the centre
line of Commercial street near where a line
of about four feet westerly from the easterly
side of a private passageway at the head of
Portland Pier. crosses said line of CONNER
cial street then 20 souhwesterly down said
Portland Pier to the end of said Pier and
into tide waters, in said city, a sufficient
distance to give sufficient depth of water
and to provide good and substantial ferry
way and landing therein, suitable Tor the
passage and accommodation OF teams ana
passengers, as provided in Chapter 375 of
the Special Laws of the year 1873, and in
Chapter 495 of the Special Laws of TIE year
1896, and praying that said Commissioners
locate eaid highway; and whereas, notices
were given and hearing had on said petition,
and said Commissioners report made the
31st day of December, A. ID. 1885, denied the
prayer Of said petition; and whereas said
petitioners being aggrieved by the decision
of the County Commissioners appealed to
the next term of the Supreme Judicial Court
at a term holden in Portland in said county
| of Cumberland on the second Tuesday of
| January, A. ID. 1886; and whereas objec-
| tions being made TO said appeal and being
overrued by said Court and a committee ap-
| pointed, viz: Henry ingalls, of Wiscasset,
| A. X. Savage of Auburn and John 5. Case
of Rockland and whereas after notices were
| given and hearing had on said way, said
committee filed in said court report declar-
| ing that Common convenience and neces-
sity'' did require the location of said way
| and wholly reversed the decision of said
| County Commissioners; and whereas objec-
lions to said report were overruled by the
| Law Court, which decision was received at
the October term, A. d. 1886, of said Su-
preme Judicial Court, to wit, the 31st day OF
| December, A. ID. 1886; and said appeal con-
tinued till the January term, A. d. 1887,
| when judgment was ordered and entered on
the report of said committee reversing the
decision of the County Commissioners and
| the case was remanded to the County Com
| missloners of Cumberland County, and said
| Commissioners were ordered by said court
| to locate and establish said highway and
ferry landing on Portland Pier as prayed
| for by said petitioners,
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the fore.
going order OF court, we, the County Com
missieners of Cumberland county proceed tC
make said location as follows, to wit: Com.
mencing at point in the centre line of Com
mercial street, in line with the westerly
granite base line of Thomas Block, thence
south % degrees So minutes East, seven hun.
bred and thirty-two and forty-three hun.
dredths (732.43) feet, to point; said course
touches the northwest corner of Thomas
Block fifty 900 feet from the point of begin
| ming, and the southwest corner of the store
belonging to the estate of K. Thurston, at q
distance of three hundred and one ana sew.
enty-two hundredths (301.72) feet from point
of beginning, and the southwest corner OF
| the iron-covered building of Elias Thomas
at five hundred and ninety-two and eighty
nine hundredths (592S9) feet from point OF
| beginning, and said course also makes an an
gle OF SO degrees 55 minutes with straight
line Joining the east and west front course o
said block; thence continuing from the enc
of the course above fixed, on course OF
south 36 degrees 20 minutes east ninety-thre,
and one-half (93 10 feet, more or less, to til,
Harbor Commissioners line. Said highway
shall slie upon the westerly side line of the
above course, and shall be twenty-nine 90
feet and two 81 inches wide along the course
of south % degrees so minutes east and shall
have width to the west of the second course
OF south 80 degrees % minutes east, deter
tWe9fy-eigEt 2s ne feet JOINING and two p0in B
inches west of the beginning point OF
said course and point determined
by measuring westerly from the end of said
course along the Harbor Commissioners line
corner Of Portland Pier All land and prop.
erty taken by the above location is owned by
| Portland Pier Corporation. One hundred
and eighty feet Of this way from HarboI
Commissioners line in northwesterly
course towards Commercial street is for a
slip and drop for the ferry landing.
And we estimate and award to the indi-
vlduals or corporations hereinafter named
the sums set against their names respective
ly as full and just compensation and
equivalent for all damages by them severally
sustained in consequence of said location, tC
witt Portland Pier Corporation, fifteer
thousand five hundred and eighty-Six dol
lars, ($15,5S6) And in our opinion no other
person sustains any damage by reason OF
said location and if the corporation above
named as the owner OF the property over
which SAID location passes is not the owner
thereof, then the owner is to us unknown
and the damages above ascertained are
| awarded to the real owners of said property
1t is hereby ordered that the owners of the
property over which said location passes be
! allowed one year from the time when al
proceedings on the foregoing petition shall
be closed to take off their buildings and
! structures thereon; also that the damages
herein awarded be paid out of the County
Treasury of the County of Cumberland
when the property over which the highway
or alteration is located has been entered up
on and possession taken, for the purpose Of
construction or use; and also that the City Of
| Portland be allowed six months from the
| time that all erectiOnS or buildings now il
the line of said way as laid out are removed
within which to open and make said way
ana Terry landing safe and convenient fol
travellers, horses, teams, carts and carriages.
| Given under our hands this sixth day Of
June, Ammo Domini, 1887.
HENRY NUTTER,
JOS. b. HAMMOND,
JAMES II. ToLMAN,
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